QUARK
| QUARK Quizzing U About Real Knowledge | |
|---|---|
| Competition season | 2012-13 |
| School(s) | Michigan |
| Head editor(s) | |
| Difficulty | College regular+ |
| First mirror | September 15, 2012 |
| Announcement | link |
| Packets | link |
QUARK (Quizzing U About Real Knowledge), was a tournament house-written by the University of Michigan for use during the fall of 2012. It was intended to be at "slightly above regular difficulty," and allowed regional tournament directors to allow or disallow open teams on a site-by-site basis. Though the regulation packets themselves had no trash questions in them, each packet had a 0th tossup on a pop culture topic to be played for fun before the round began.
Results
| Region | Host | Date | Winner | Runner-up | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest | Washington | September 15, 2012 | Mike Bentley and Carolyn | Chris, Evan, and Nate | Stats |
| Midwest | Michigan | September 29, 2012 | Illinois | Skadi Doesn't Know (Rob Carson, Bernadette Spencer, and Gautam Kandlikar) | Stats |
| Lower Midwest | Truman State | September 29, 2012 | WUSTL | Battle Hymn of the Tamil Tiger Mother (Max Schindler, Ben Zhang, Kisan Thakkar, and Michael Prablek) | Stats |
| Southeast | Alabama | October 13, 2012 | Billy Beyer | Tie: Alabama A and Auburn A | Stats |
| Mid-Atlantic | George Washington | November 10, 2012 | Penn A | Virginia A | Stats |
| Northeast | Brown | December 1, 2012 | Yale Up | NYU Top | Stats |